Following from yesterday's photo: this photo was taken from near the top of Mt Kosciusko, Australia's highest peak (2228 metres). The photo shows some of the areas burned in the 2019-2020 fires (the brown bits). The white 'lines' in the left middle of the photo, are lines of stags (dead standing trees) along the ridge lines, the results of previous bushfires. Over 18 million hectares burned in 2019-20's 'Black Summer' much of it in East Gippsland and the Australian Alps. The fires were still smouldering when the pandemic hit.
Thank you for the picture. The name of the mountain is an unbelievable monument to Poland's sort of gnarled and twisted history.. :) Is the colour of the mountains farther away in the distance the eucalypt haze, I wonder?
Mt Kosciuszko has a really interesting naming story. It was first named in 1840 by the Polish explorer Paweł (Paul) Strzelecki in honour of the freedom fighter Kościuszko, and because it resembled a place in Krakow, Poland. Then, in 1997, the spelling of the name was changed from the anglicised Kosciusko to Kosciuszko. And now, since 2019, it has the dual name Kosciuszko/ Kunama Namadgi, in recognition of Aboriginal heritage. @aleksanderrzyman
As I understand it, the blue haze is a result of sunlight hitting the combination of eucalyptus oils, water, dust and other particulates in the atmosphere. @aleksanderrzyman
July 15th, 2021
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